Abstract
Objectives
To study the pharmacokinetics, biodistribution, and injection doses of 99mTc-TRODAT-1 in healthy adults.
Methods
Thirty healthy individuals comprising 15 females and 15 males were randomly divided into three groups and the injection doses of 99mTc-TRODAT-1 of group 1, 2, and 3 were 370 MBq, 740 MBq, and 1110 MBq, respectively. Assessments of subjective symptoms and tests were performed before and after injection. Blood and urine collections and whole-body planar imaging were analyzed at various time points. Bilateral brain striatal SPECT images obtained at 3.5 h PI were assessed visually and semiquantitatively.
Results
No serious adverse events or deaths were observed in our study. The pharmacokinetic analysis showed that 99mTc-TRODAT-1 was eliminated rapidly from the circulation, with just about 4% of the injected dose remaining in blood at 1 h post-injection. The mean cumulative urinary excretion over 24 h was just 2.96 ± 0.96%ID. The time-activity curve demonstrated that the radioactivity was mainly in liver and abdomen. The highest absorbed dose was in the dose-limiting organ, liver (20.88 ± 4.45 × 10−3 mSv/MBq). The average effective dose was 5.22 ± 1.05 × 10−3 mSv/MBq. The clarity of striatal images assessed visually in group 1 was worse than that in group 2 and 3. The semiquantitative analysis showed that there were no differences in striatum/cerebellum between the three groups (group 1: 1.77 ± 0.11, group 2: 1.62 ± 0.14, and group 3: 1.75 ± 0.20; P = 0.088).
Conclusions
99mTc-TRODAT-1 was safe to use in humans and showed the status of dopaminergic neurons specifically and clearly. The injection dose we suggested was 740 MBq.
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Introduction
Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder which affects predominately dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra pars compacta. Dopamine deficiency in the basal ganglia leads to an insidious onset of motor symptoms [1]. At present, the diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease is still based on the presence of parkinsonian motor features. But if the diagnosis depends solely on clinical criteria, the rate of misdiagnosis is high [2]. So, in addition to clinical criteria, other diagnostic methods need to be used to improve the diagnostic accuracy.
Dopamine transporter (DAT), located on the plasma membrane of dopaminergic nerve terminals, plays a critical role in terminating dopamine neurotransmission and in maintaining dopamine homeostasis in the central nervous system by transporting synaptic dopamine into neurons [3]. DAT is thought to be a marker of dopamine (DA). Based on DAT as a marker, many radiopharmaceuticals like [99mTc]2β[N,N′-bis(2-mercaptoethyl)ethylenediaminomethyl]-3β-(4-chlorophenyl) tropane (99mTc-TRODAT-1), 2β-carbo methoxy-3β-(4-iodo-phenyl) tropane (123I-β-CIT), and N-(3-fluoropropyl)-2β-carbomethoxy-3β-(4-iodo-phenyl) nortropane (18F-FP-CIT) have been developed to diagnose Parkinson’s disease [4,5,6]. Among them, 99mTc is much cheaper than 18F, 123I and other radionuclides and can be easily supplied by a 99Mo/99mTc generator. 99mTc-labeled TRODAT-1 has high lipid solubility which can pass through the blood–brain barrier, enter the central nervous system and specifically bind to DAT in the presynaptic membrane of dopaminergic neurons [7]. Series of studies have indicated that using 99mTc-TRODAT-1, single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) can demonstrate the density and distribution of DAT in the brain which can show changes in dopaminergic neurons and be used for diagnosing PD [4, 8,9,10]. In our phase 2 study, we assessed the sensitivity (98.96%) and specificity (94.12%) of 99mTc-TRODAT-1 SPECT in diagnosing PD. The results showed that 99mTc-TRODAT-1 could specifically bind to dopamine transporter and could be used to diagnose PD [11]. Except for diagnosing Parkinson’s disease including early diagnosis, 99mTc-TRODAT-1 can also be used for differentiating vascular parkinsonism, essential tremor, and parkinsonian syndromes from Parkinson’s disease [10, 12, 13]. Studies have demonstrated the absence of adverse effects of 99mTc-TRODAT-1 in animals and humans [9, 14, 15], indicating that 99mTc-TRODAT-1 is clinically safe. Because there have been no clinical studies of 99mTc-TRODAT-1 in healthy subjects in China, we undertook this phase I study in 30 healthy Chinese subjects to study the pharmacokinetics, biodistribution, and injection doses of 99mTc-TRODAT-1 in this population.
Materials and methods
This study was approved by the China Food and Drug Administration (Approval number: 2007L03822) and the ethics committee of Huashan Hospital Affiliated to Fudan University. All procedures performed in this study were in accordance with the guidelines of “Good Clinical Practice (GCP)” and with the principles of the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments. Written informed consent was signed by healthy subjects who were informed of all aspects of the study and agreed to participate in this trial voluntarily.
Subjects
After medical examination, physical examination, electrocardiogram, and laboratory tests, 30 healthy individuals (15 females and 15 males) were eligible and enrolled in this study from June 2009 to February 2010.
The inclusion criteria were as follows: healthy persons aged 19–45 years; ratio of males and females 1:1; range of body mass index (BMI) 19–25; the examinations which included neurological examination, physical examination, electrocardiogram, liver function, renal function, blood routine examination, and urine routine examination were normal or if abnormal had no clinical significance. The exclusion criteria were as follows: women in gestational and lactational period; mental or physical disability; inadequate hepatic or renal functions; past and present history of drug or alcohol abuse; history of hypersensitivity to drugs or food; use of drugs present because of disease; having received any other drug clinical trial within 3 months; having received any other radionuclide imaging within 14 days.
Radiopharmaceutical
The dose of TRODAT-1 for every individual was 50 μg. 99mTc-TRODAT-1 was synthesized as we previously reported [14]. The radiochemical purity was greater than 90% as determined by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). Thirty subjects were divided randomly into three groups. Each group included five males and five females. The injection doses of 99mTc-TRODAT-1 in group 1, 2, and 3 were about 370 MBq (10 mCi), 740 MBq (20 mCi), and 1110 MBq (30 mCi), respectively.
Safety assessment
The inclusion and exclusion criteria were assessed again at the day before injection. Neurological examination and vital signs including blood pressure, pulse rate, and respiratory rate were measured before injection and at 30 min, 2 h, and 24 h post-injection (PI). The physical examination, 12-lead electrocardiogram, hematological test, biochemical test, and urinary test were conducted before injection and at 24 h PI.
Pharmacokinetics, distribution and radiation dosimetry analysis
The blood samples were collected from the elbow vein in the contralateral side of the injection sites at 2 min, 5 min, 10 min, 20 min, 30 min, 1 h, 2 h, 4 h, 6 h, and 24 h PI, and urine samples were collected at 0–2 h, 2–4 h, 4–6 h, 6–12 h, and 12–24 h. The radioactivity in the blood and urine was counted to calculate a percentage of the injected dose (%ID). Pharmacokinetic analysis was performed by DAS version 2.1 software based on Akaike information criterion (AIC).
Anterior and posterior whole-body scanning was performed using SPECT at 5 min, 30 min, 1 h, 2 h, 4 h, 6 h, and 24 h PI. Regions of interests (ROIs) were drawn around the brain, thyroid, heart, lung, abdomen, liver, spleen, and kidneys shown in ESM_1. The percentage of the injected dose in each organ at each point was analyzed.
Based on the pharmacokinetic results, the radiation dosimetry including absorbed and effective doses was calculated using OLINDA/EXM version 1.1 software according to the MIRD method for internal dose assessment. The radiation-absorbed doses of the main organs were assessed according to the file of 2007 Recommendations of the International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP103, 2007).
Striatal imaging analysis
The brain SPECT was performed at 3.5 h after injection and evaluated both visually and semiquantitatively. The brain images were acquired in a 128 × 128 matrix through 360° rotation (180° for each head) using high-resolution fan beam collimators of Siemens NME.CAM Gantry Dual-Head Ex. Base (Siemens, German) and reconstructed using a ramp-Butterworth filter. The acquisition parameters and reconstruction method were all the same among the three groups. The results were described as “clear, less clear, and unclear.” “Clear” means the SPECT images of the bilateral striatum including caudate nucleus and lentiform nucleus were very clear. “Unclear” means the images of the bilateral caudate nucleus and lentiform nucleus were all unclear. The resolution of the striatum images was considered “less clear” when it was between “clear” and “unclear.” Two physicians independently analyzed the striatal imaging visually. For semiquantitative analysis, one transverse image containing the most intense activity in the striatal area was analyzed. The ROIs of the bilateral striatum (ST) and cerebellum (CB) were drawn like in our previous paper [11]. The ROI of bilateral striatum was drawn on the slice with the highest activity as shown in Fig. 3. The cerebellum area was used as the background. The ratio of regional brain uptakes of striatum/cerebellum (ST/CB) was calculated. One-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) was used to analyze the differences in ST/CB among the three groups.
Results
Characteristics of the subjects
The characteristics of the subjects in the three groups are shown in Table 1. The average age, height, weight, and BMI were 33.0 ± 7.4 year, 164.0 ± 8.9 cm, 60.7 ± 9.1 kg, and 22.5 ± 1.9 kg/m2, respectively. The injection doses of the three groups were 400.8 ± 35.9 MBq (10.8 ± 1.0 mCi), 711.1 ± 64.0 MBq (19.2 ± 1.7 mCi), and 1032.3 ± 98.0 MBq (27.9 ± 2.6 mCi), respectively.
Safety assessment
No serious adverse events or deaths were observed. The vital signs included blood pressure, pulse rate, and respiratory rate were normal in every subject before and after injection (ESM_2). The data of 12-lead electrocardiogram before and after injection showed that the electrocardiogram of all subjects was normal.
Four subjects showed abnormal laboratory tests as shown in Table 2. In group 1, NO. 9 has throat pain and increased white blood cell count, neutrophil percentage, and decreased lymphocyte percentage. The urine tests were abnormal in NO. 11 who has repeated urinary tract infections. No. 34 has increased neutrophil percentage, decreased red blood cell count, hemoglobin, and hematocrit. In group 3, No. 42 has increased lymphocyte percentage, decreased white blood cell count and neutrophil percentage. All laboratory tests of the 30 subjects before injection and 24 h PI were shown in ESM_3.
Pharmacokinetic analysis
The change of radioactivity over time in blood is shown in Fig. 1a. 99mTc-TRODAT-1 was eliminated rapidly from circulation, with just about 4% of injected dose remaining in blood at 1 h PI. According to Akaike information criterion, the metabolic process of 99mTc-TRODAT-1 was fitted to the three-compartment model. The pharmacokinetic parameter of 30 subjects showed that the mean residence time (MRT0–∞), area under the curve (AUC0–∞), plasma elimination half-life (t1/2), peak plasma radioactivity (Cmax), and plasma clearance (CLZ) were 1.52 × 103 ± 8.94 × 102 min, 6.31 × 103 ± 4.14 × 103%ID × min, 1.08 × 103 ± 6.54 × 102 min, 21.0 ± 14.3%ID, and 0.02 ± 0.009 min−1.
The time-activity curve of cumulative urinary excretion over 24 h is shown in Fig. 1b. The mean cumulative urinary excretion over 24 h for all subjects was 2.96 ± 0.96%ID. The pharmacokinetic parameters of 30 subjects showed that the urine elimination half-life (t1/2), elimination-rate constant (ke), and total urine output were 17.86 ± 18.97 h, 0.07 ± 0.05 h−1, and 8.16 ± 2.44%ID, respectively.
Whole-body distribution of 99mTc-TRODAT-1
The whole-body planar images and time-activity curves acquired at different time points after injection are shown in Fig. 2a, b. The time-activity curve showed that the highest radioactivity at 5 min was found in liver (14.41 ± 2.33%ID), followed by abdomen (9.57 ± 2.43%ID) and lung (7.34 ± 2.04%ID). The highest radioactivity at 24 h was also in abdomen and liver (18.53 ± 9.22%ID and 18.31 ± 3.41%ID). The radioactivity of the other organs was all below 2%ID. The radioactivity in liver and abdomen increased slowly after injection, reached a peak at 6 h PI, and then decreased slowly.
Radiation dosimetry
The average absorbed doses (mSv/MBq) in the target organs of the three groups are shown in Table 3. The liver showed the highest absorbed dose (20.88 ± 4.45 × 10−3 mSv/MBq), followed by the spleen (11.39 ± 3.14 × 10−3 mSv/MBq) and kidneys (10.38 ± 2.61 × 10−3 mSv/MBq). The average effective dose equivalent and average effective dose were 6.65 ± 1.32 × 10−3 mSv/MBq and 5.22 ± 1.05 × 10−3 mSv/MBq, respectively.
Striatal images
The striatal SPECT images of the three groups are shown in Fig. 3. The striatum including the caudate nucleus and lentiform nucleus was clear demonstrating that 99mTc-TRODAT-1 binds to DAT specifically in the striatum. In Table 4, two “unclear” and one “less clear” were shown in group 1. Two “less clear” and one “less clear” were shown in group 2 and group 3, respectively. The values of ST/CB in group 1, group 2, group 3, and total were 1.77 ± 0.11, 1.62 ± 0.14, 1.75 ± 0.20, and 1.71 ± 0.16, respectively, as shown in Table 4. One-way ANOVA showed no significant differences between or within the three groups (P = 0.088, ESM_4).
Discussion
After 99mTc-TRODAT-1, 99mTc-labeled tropane derivatives as dopamine transporter (reuptake site)-imaging agents were first synthesized in 1997 by Hank F. Kung [16], and many studies have been performed in animals, non-human primates and humans to evaluate the density and distribution of DAT [4, 14, 15, 17,18,19]. 99mTc-TRODAT-1 scintigraphy has been shown to have a high sensitivity and specificity to measure the gradual loss of DAT in PD patients [20]. 99mTc-TRODAT-1 has also been used to distinguish PD from essential tremor, vascular parkinsonism, and parkinsonian syndromes [10, 12, 13]. 99mTc-TRODAT-1 may be a good diagnostic agent for clinical use. In other countries, phase I clinical studies of 99mTc-TRODAT-1 have been performed to evaluate its safety, pharmacokinetics, and radiation dosimetry [15, 21]. But no such phase I clinical studies of 99mTc-TRODAT-1 have yet been conducted in China. So, we undertook the present clinical trial to assess its safety, pharmacokinetics, distribution, radiation dosimetry, and injected doses in healthy Chinese subjects for the first time.
In our study, there were no serious adverse events or deaths. The blood pressure, pulse rate, and respiratory rate of all 30 subjects were within the respective normal ranges before and after injection. And the 12-lead electrocardiogram did not show any meaningful changes in any subjects. But four persons had the abnormal laboratory test results in group 1 and group 3. According to their chief complaint with number 9 having throat pain and number 11 repeated urinary tract infections, their abnormal laboratory tests were not considered to have any relationship with 99mTc-TRODAT-1. Numbers 34 and 42 had no uncomfortable symptoms, and they refused to repeat the blood tests, and so any relationship between the abnormal blood tests and radiotracer remained uncertain. In our phase II study including 34 healthy controls and 96 PD patients [11], only one showed an abnormal WBC level which was the same as our number 42, and no one showed abnormal RBC level. In another study, there were no meaningful changes in a complete blood cell count with differential performed 1, 4, and 24 h after the administration of the tracer [15]. So, whether the radiotracer induced an abnormal WBC level or not will need further study. Though the abnormal WBC level is not fatal, it reminds us to monitor the WBC level after injecting 99mTc-TRODAT-1. In general, the radiotracer 99mTc-TRODAT-1 is safe for use in humans in China.
99mTc-TRODAT-1 was quickly eliminated from blood with just about 4% of the injected dose remaining in blood at 1 h PI. The time-activity curve in blood in humans was consistent with that in rabbits and baboons [14, 22]. The mean cumulative urinary excretion over 24 h for all subjects was just 2.96 ± 0.96%ID. From the whole-body distribution study, the highest radioactivity at various time points was in abdomen and liver. The highest radioactivity in kidney was just below 2%ID. These results showed that the radiotracer was excreted by the hepatobiliary system, the same in rats and humans [14, 15, 23].
The amount of 99mTc-TRODAT-1 injected in our study was in three different doses [370 MBq (10 mCi), 740 MBq (20 mCi), and 1110 MBq (30 mCi)]. The organ absorbing the maximum radioactivity was liver, followed by spleen. The dose-limiting organ, liver, in three groups receives approximately 0.021 mSv/MBq which was less than in another study (0.047 mSv/MBq) [24].
The striatal images were evaluated visually and semiquantitatively. In group 1, two subjects showed unclear striatal images visually which were not found in group 2 or 3. These results demonstrated that the clarity of striatal images assessed visually in group 1 was worse than that in group 2 and 3. Through analyzing the data of striatal images semiquantitatively, there were no significant differences between different doses. The average value of ST/CB of 30 subjects in our study was 1.71 ± 0.16. In Ping Fang’s study in which the injection doses were 555–740 MBq (15–20 mCi) and the mean age of healthy volunteers was 59.91 ± 17.06 years, the mean value of ST/CB was 1.51 ± 0.17 which was lower than our study [25]. In another study in which the mean age of the healthy subjects was 49.0 ± 14.1 years, the average value of ST/CB was also lower, namely 1.57 ± 0.17 for the right striatum and 1.61 ± 0.14 for the left striatum [the injection dose was 740 MBq (20 mCi)] [18]. But the average value was lower than in one study in which it was 1.98 ± 0.11. [the injection doses was 740–925 MBq (20–25 mCi)] [26]. In this study, the normal volunteers were younger than ours. Numerous studies had shown that dopamine transporter in striatum declined with increasing age [27,28,29,30]. So the differences of the value of ST/CB among the previous studies and the present study may due to age differences. In our study, the image clarity in subjects who received about 370 MBq (10 mCi) doses was worse than that with 740 MBq (20 mCi) and 1110 MBq (30 mCi). The images in subjects with doses of 740 MBq (20 mCi) and 1110 MBq (30 mCi) were better for doctors to evaluate the status of dopaminergic neurons in PD patients and other neurodegenerative disorders. But increasing the injection activity is obviously associated with more radioactivity. The internal organs will receive more radioactivity. One other study suggested that the minimum amount of 740 MBq (20 mCi) should be used according to the concept of as low as reasonably achievable (ALARA) for radiation protection [24]. Compared with our study and other studies, we suggested that the injection dose of 99mTc-TRODAT-1 in China is about 740 MBq (20 mCi).
Conclusions
In our study, 99mTc-TRODAT-1 was found to be safe for human use. The pharmacokinetic and biodistribution analysis showed that this radiotracer was quickly eliminated from blood and excreted by the hepatobiliary system. Through evaluating the striatal images visually and semiquantitatively, 99mTc-TRODAT-1 brain SPECT can show the status of dopaminergic neurons specifically and clearly, and the injection dose we suggested was about 740 MBq (20 mCi).
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Sun, Y., Chen, Z., Liu, C. et al. Phase I clinical study with different doses of 99mTc-TRODAT-1 in healthy adults. Ann Nucl Med 34, 212–219 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12149-020-01444-z
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